Word: prescient
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...most prescient words about the Beatles were written some 36 years ago by their legendary publicist, the late Derek Taylor. At the precise time when the executives of United Artists and Dr. Leonhard Prinz were convinced that the Beatles were a passing fad, he wrote the liner notes to their 1964 U.K. album "Beatles For Sale" and actually referred to the year 2000, an impossibly futuristic date to envisage in the mid-'60s. Taylor speculated about a "radio-active cigar-smoking child picnicking on Saturn" asking us to explain the Beatles. Taylor recommended playing them the album. And he explained...
...Hill fumbled. Harvard took over, still trailing by 16 points. Harvard coach John Yovison astounded the fans with a daring decision--he inserted third-string quarterback Frank Champi '70 into perhaps the most most high-pressure situation in Ivy League sports history. The decision proved not only bold, but prescient. Champi, though he had played but a few minutes in his entire Harvard career up to that point, methodically picked apart the Yale defense and reached the endzone with a touchdown toss. Forty-two seconds remained in the game and Harvard now trailed by 10 points...
...proud to see Brown University appoint such a worthy and deserving president. The position is perfect for Simmons--she will surely be able to continue her work of opening elite private institutions to a more diverse atmosphere. We are confident that Brown's choice will prove to be a prescient...
...doesn't leave much to talk about on the campaign trail. Jim Lehrer was prescient enough to devote a full 45 minutes of the debate to foreign policy, and the challenger thrilled supporters by sounding acceptably presidential on the subject. But after Bush made so much of America "speaking with one voice" during any ongoing foreign crisis, what's a little ol' Texas governor to do in the meantime? Mark time on Medicare in swing-state land (Pennsylvania, specifically) and hope voters make it deep enough into their newspapers to read about...
Well, you may. Moynihan has a history there; his observations in the '60s on the deterioration of the black American family were controversial and prescient. Of course, it was not only the black family Moynihan was referring to on Sunday...